Living life as a coeliac

When many of today’s coeliacs were diagnosed there was very little gluten-free food. Today there are far more options and coping mechanisms, says Áilín Quinlan

AS a child, Bernie Reddington was often ill — and nobody knew why. “There was always something wrong with me,” she says. “Every now and then, I’d be taken to the doctor and given tonics, but they were no use.”

She suffered from severe diarrhoea and constipation and failed to thrive like her six healthy siblings.